United Nations

According to the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees the number of Syrian refugees is now over 2.3 million.

Another year comes and goes and the media again ignores the inaction of the UN Climate Change Conference, this year beset by protests in Warsaw.

As the Syrian war intensifies sectarian clashes in Lebanonu2019s northern coastal city Tripoli, Palestinians in the area worriedly watch the violence from the sidelines.

The short infographic video outlines the history of LGBT rights at the UN for human rights day, featuring macklemore & lewis's “same-love”

An internal United Nations draft document leaked last weekend has offered outsiders a rare look at longstanding disagreements between member states over the course of UN drug policy.

Subsidies to dirty and wealthy fossil fuel companies represent a paradoxical misalignment of priorities.

REDD+ jeopardizes the rights and resources of local communities throughout the global south, because of the prevalence of carbon-market-driven land grabs.

Richard Falk argues that Palestinian participation in the peace process has few upsides and scorns political leaders who act as though hard power were the agency of history.

President Obamau2019s failure to follow this doctrine, at least in the case of Iran, has made him a target for these warmongers.

The topic of gender and its relation with climate change tried to shed a light on problems that require action from policy-makers this past week at the climate summit …